This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Typhoid Fever / by Stephenson, Matt K. ; Meddlesome Midwifery and Errors in Obstetrics / by Simmons, Horace Melville ; Diphtheria / by James, William Dudley ; Chloroform / by Wilson, Robert T. ; Empiricism / by Weagly, Charles W.C. ; Foundation of Pathological Diagnosis and Rational Practice / by Clark, Byron ; Scarlet Fever / by Rowman, Charles W. ; Remittent Fever / by Latimer, John R. ; Scarlatina / by Carter, Shirley ; Restoratives / by Baker, William H. ; Cholera Infantum / by Goodman, Hector Humphreys ; Digestion / by Turnbull, Theodore ; Pneumonia / by Cushing, Wilson R. ; Morbus Coxarius / by Lloyd, George S. ; Typhoid Fever / by Ritter, Francis O. (no title page) ; Syphilis / by Warren, James M. (no title page) ; Anaesthetics / by Kinzer, John S. ; Errors of Refraction / by Pitts, Barton (no title page) ; Typhoid Fever / by Smith, Manning P.